Posted by haunter 19 hours ago
Using an app called cannoli and an Xbox controller I can play everything up to PS1 and some Dreamcast/Gamecube.
I believe I could buy similar/better specced hardware from AliExpress (device + controller) for around $80AUD.
The hardware, even with prices as they are is not the problem.
You can play NFS underground 2 in browser on an old iPhone. https://nfsu2.xyz/
There are multi-terabyte archives of roms available online.
But we hit a crossroads of legality, required technical skill, and curation.
I’d love to be able to relive the excitement of Gran Turismo or Pokémon blue, or split screen golden eye, but I find the only retro games I really enjoy are pick up ones like crazy taxi or simpsons hit n run.
I could imagine an intentional curated collection of optimised knock offs on a sub hundred dollar device potentially being a cool thing.
Ala super tux cart, super smash tux, tuxnite, tux pro skater, tuxemon, call of tux, tuxparty, tux sports, etc.
Instead we will probably just get cloud gaming and AI remasters of things we’ve already purchased.
I could probably cope with a raspberry pi, some old Xbox controllers and roms, but I'd pay for convenience and consistency.
I want my ps6 to be a modern reimagined N64 social laugh
Just a piece of hardware I actually own that can run whatever I want.
Care to name which one? Does it run steamOS?
I would definitely get one for $50. Or even twice that price point.
I didn't see anyone looking at it, despite having games like SF2.
Creating a trusted brand is probably going to be the chicken to the "simple and cheap console" egg.
or PC gaming with a controller.
Step out of the default offerings.
The PS1 was $299, Saturn was $399 - and this arguably helped the PS1 to win that generation.
There's the record of a presentation of the PS1 at E3 where they just said the price and people went crazy.[0]
Yes, it was more of expensive than the previous gen, but not twice as expensive, and was a huge leap. [0]https://youtu.be/ExaAYIKsDBI